Firefighter Arrested For Arson

Fort Collins, Co – Police have arrested a 19-year-old volunteer firefighter for setting fire to a church on U-S Highway 287 in northern Colorado this month. The Larimer County sheriff's office says Austin Gene Mayo was arrested and charged with first-degree arson. Other charges could be pending. He's being held at the Larimer County Detention Center on a half (m) million dollar bond. Mayo is a volunteer firefighter for the Livermore Fire Department. He was also on the Larimer County Sheriff's Office Emergency Services Wildland Firefighter roster. Police believe he ignited the 123-year-old Virginia Dale Presbyterian Church that stood as a landmark in northern Colorado. Officials say the church's doors were never locked so travelers and visitors could enter and pray.